Puzzle.



A. H. WHEELER. s

v PUZZLE. APP'LIoATIoN Hum 1112.8, 1910.

Patented Aug. 23, 1910.

1H: Namars PETERS ce., wAsnmcran. u. L.

ALBERT HARRY WHEELER, OF WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS.

PUZZLE.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT HARRY VHEELER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at lVoi-cester, in the county of Wrorcester and Stateof Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Puzzle, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to a puzzle.

The principal objects of the invention are to provide a simple andinexpensive arrangement of relatively movable cards or disks of such anature that incomplete pictorial representations or Jthe like upon thefaces thereof can be completed or made to change their appearance bymoving the cards relatively to each other; to provide convenient meansfor operating the same; and to provide a construction having the abovementioned features in which certain portions of the representations canbe made to disappear when the cards are arranged in a certain positionor to appear in such positions that the incomplete representations willbe completed.

Further objects and advantages of the invention will appear hereinafter.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, in whichk Figure lis a plan of one side of a puzzle cimstructed in accordance with thisinvention; Fig. is a central transverse sectional',

view of the same; and Fig. 3 is a plan of the opposite side.

In the form of the invention shown the puzzle is shown as made up ofthree cards or disks A, B and C, of a general circular form and ofsubstantially the same size. The outer cards A and C are provided ontheir outer faces with a series of incomplete pictorial representationsa. and c, so that when the puzzle is viewed from one side, those on oneouter card will be visible; and when viewed from the other, those on theopposite side of the other outer card will appear. In the presentinstance these representations are shown in the form of headless bodiesarranged so that the necks thereof come substantially at thecircumference of said disks. Each one of the cards also is provided witha plurality of outwardly extending projections (Z which are spaced apartat irregular distances so as to form spaces or openings between them.These projections are all located outside the circumference of the cardsor the circular line along which the necks of Specication of LettersPatent.

Application filed. March 8,` 1910.

Patented Aug. 23, 1910. Serial No. 548,038.

the incomplete representations are located. They constitute means forturning the cards and for registering them properly together. As theyare of the same size and shape, when two or more are nearly in alinementthey can be brought perfectly into registration, by grasping thembetween the nger and thumb and holding them tightly. On the reversesides of the intermediate card or cards some of these projections areprovided with representations b each of which is adapted to complete oneof the incomplete representations a or c of the outer cards when broughtinto proper registration therewith. For this purpose they are shown inthe form of representations of heads. Not all of the projections,however, are provided with such representations, some of them at leaston the intermediate cards, are left blank at least so far asrepresentations of this character are concerned. These therefore areregions without representations corresponding with those on the outercards. The projections on the outer cards are allblank on their outersurfaces, so far as the incomplete pictorial representationsy abovereferred to are concerned but some of them have pictorialrepresentations on their inner or reverse faces. It will be seentherefore that as the cards are turned on their axes to differentpositions in which certain projections on one card register with certainones on the others the blank projections will cover one or more of theincomplete representations on the cards at the rear thereof.

The parts are so arranged that in one position the blank projectionstaken together will cover all of the illustrative projections located onthe cards behind them, so that none of the headless bodies will beprovided with a head. Preferably the arrangement is such that in thissingle position the bodies on both sides will appear headless. Thisconstitutes a solution of the puzzle provided the same conditions arepresent on both sides thereof. The puzzle can also have the incompleteparts so arranged as to be solved in the opposite manner, that is, byplacing the parts in such position that there will be a head on each ofthe bodies on the front cards on both sides thus completing all theillustrations. Other ways of using the puzzle are possible, as forexample, the solution may consist in having certain of the headsregister With certain of the bodies, While the rest are concealed.

`While I have illustrated and described a preferred form of theinvention, I am aware that many modifications can be made therein, byany person skilled in the art Without departing from the scope of theinvention as expressed in the claims. Therefore, I do not Wish to belimited to all the details of construction shown and described, but

What I do claim is l. As an article of manufacture, a puzzle comprisinga plurality of cards of a general circular form pivotally connected attheir centers, each card having projections at its circumference bywhich the cards may be turned relatively to each other, certain of theprojections on all the cards except the front one having representationsthereon so arranged that in one position of the cards certain of saidrepresentations Will be covered and concealed by projections in front ofit.

2. As an article of manufacture, a puzzle comprising a plurality ofcards of a general circular form pivotally connected, each card havingprojections by Which the cards may be turned relatively to each other,certain of the projections on all the cards except the front one on bothsides having representations thereon so arranged that in one position ofthe cards each of said representations Will be covered and concealed byprojections in front of it When viewed from either side. i

3. As an article of manufacture, a puzzle comprising a plurality ofcards of substantially the same size pivotally connected, the outercards having incomplete pictorial representations on their outer faces,and having regions free from said pictorial representations on theirouter faces, part only of said regions having representations on theirinner faces each constituting aconstitnent portion adapted to completesome of said incomplete representations, the path of motion of saidregions relative to the other cards being outside the limits of saidincomplete pictorial representations, a card between the tWo outer cardshaving regions at the same distance from the common center as saidregions on the outer cards, some only of which have representationsconstituting constituent portions adapted to complete some of saidincomplete representations, all of said regions not having suchrepresentations, constituting covers for concealing such of said regionsas may be moved to a position behind the same.

4. As an article of manufacture, a puzzle comprising a plurality ofcards inovably connected, the outer card having a plurality ofincomplete pictorial representations on its outer face, a rear cardhaving an incomplete representation located and arranged to complete anyone of the plurality of the first named incomplete representations, whenmoved to certain positions with respect to the outer card on which theyare located, said outer card having projections extending to theperipheries of the rear cards in all positions thereof for concealingall of said incomplete representations on the cards behind it in certainpositions thereof, and to expose some and conceal others when in otherpositions.

5. As an article of manufacture, a puzzle comprising a plurality ofcards pivotally connected, the front card having incomplete pictorialrepresentations on its outer face, and having regions on its outer facefree from said pictorial representations, the rear card having regionshaving representations on their inner faces each constituting aconstituent portion adapted to complete some of said incompleterepresentations, a card between the tivo outer cards having regions atthe same distance from the connnon center as said regions on the outercard, some only of which have representations constituting constituentportions adapted to complete some of said incomplete representations,all of said regions not having such representations constituting coversfor concealing such of said regions on the card at the rear as may bemoved to a position behind the same.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, in the presence of twosubscribing Witnesses.

ALBERT HARRY WHEELER.

Vitnesses ALBERT E. FAY, C. Folmnsr lnssoN.

